Dolly Parton's 5 Ingredient Casserole Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Recipe Overview
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 70 minutes
Serves: 6
Ingredients Needed
- 450g/1lb minced or ground beef
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 450g/1lb/3 cups sliced potatoes
- 2 tablespoons Italian dried herbs
- 120g/4oz/1 1/4 cups sliced onions
- 400g/14oz/2 cups chopped tomatoes
- 200g/7oz/1 1/4 cups yellow and orange capsicums, sliced
- 1-2 green chillies
- Salt and pepper to season
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1 MINCE - Preheat oven to 160C/320F fan forced or 180C/350F conventional. Heat a large frying pan on medium heat and if you're using lean beef, add 1 teaspoon of oil (oil isn't needed if the beef isn't lean). Add the beef (450g/1lb minced or ground beef) and brown all over releasing the fats, around 8-10 minutes total. Sprinkle with Italian dried herbs (2 tablespoons Italian dried herbs), salt and pepper and toss to season.
Step 2 LAYER - Layer the potatoes (450g/1lb/3 cups sliced potatoes) on the base and season with salt and pepper. Add beef layer on top. Then add the onions (120g/4oz/1 1/4 cups sliced onions) and sprinkle evenly. Add the tomatoes (400g/14oz/2 cups chopped tomatoes) and season these with salt and pepper. Top these evenly with the capsicums (200g/7oz/1 1/4 cups yellow and orange capsicums, sliced) and chillies (1-2 green chillies). Drizzle with olive oil and season on the top. Bake for 60 minutes. Tip: after 45 minutes check if the casserole is browning too much, if it is cover with foil and bake the remaining time. Stand for 15 minutes and then serve.
Personal Note
Monica sent me this recipe after Dolly sadly passed away. She found it on Reddit on an OldCelebrityRecipes forum by user ciaolavinia. Dolly really was an extraordinary person from her Imagination Library that has given more than 330 million free books around the world to her donations to science and towards natural disaster survivors among many, many other things.
All I can think is how lucky are we to be alive at a time when Dolly was around. And as wonderful as her singing voice was, I loved watching interviews with her because her wit and accent were so charming. When Dolly laughs you laugh too! Talk about serotonin as a person.
So after I make another batch of Dolly's 5 Layer Casserole (because Mr NQN absolutely wolfs this down, the sour cream was his idea), I'm going to rewatch 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias and toast to Dolly's sparkling life.
So tell me Dear Reader, were you saddened by Dolly's passing? Would you enjoy a casserole like this?